Monday, 24 November 2014Australia's superb lyrebird clears litter and seedlings from the forest floor, reducing the likelihood and intensity of bushfires, new research suggests.Subjects: ecology, birds

Wednesday, 15 October 2014Satellite tracking of Australian banded stilts reveals they fly massive distances at fast speeds after 'sniffing out' inland desert lakes, making them one of the fastest of the nomadic water birds.Subjects: animal-behaviour, deserts, birds

Monday, 30 June 2014Antarctica's emperor penguin population could fall by at least a fifth by 2100 as the sea ice on which the birds breed becomes less secure, predicts a new study.Subjects: climate-change, birds

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